World Wide Wave

With news from Thailand that marriage equality could shortly be a reality, you might think there is cause for hope for rainbow rights in the region. But with anti-gay sentiment sweeping Indonesia and Brunei labelled the most unsafe country in the world for queer people, it is clear that LGBTQIA rights in South East Asia are a complex web.

But some recent regional reforms might help local activists to advocate for changes in their country. Anthony Langlois an Associate Professor in International Relations at Flinders University. Anthony is an expert in queer rights in the region and joined us to give an update on South East Asia. For further discussion on this topic, Anthony has published an article Advancing the Rights of LGBTIQ People in Southeast Asia and book Sexuality and Gender Diversity Rights in Southeast Asia.

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This World Wide Wave podcast is the special extended interview with Anthony Langlois, Associate Professor in International Relations at Flinders University.

With news from Thailand that marriage equality could shortly be a reality, you might think there is cause for hope for rainbow rights in the region. But with anti-gay sentiment sweeping Indonesia and Brunei labelled the most unsafe country in the world for queer people, it is clear that LGBTQIA rights in South East Asia are a complex web.

But some recent regional reforms might help local activists to advocate for changes in their country. Anthony Langlois an Associate Professor in International Relations at Flinders University. Anthony is an expert in queer rights in the region and joined us to give an update on South East Asia. For further discussion on this topic, Anthony has published an article Advancing the Rights of LGBTIQ People in Southeast Asia and book Sexuality and Gender Diversity Rights in Southeast Asia.

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Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to June 28, 2022.

World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBT issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the global LGBT community as well as some of our successes.

We take pride in interviewing a wide range of international LGBT people and supporters including politicians, activists, academics, parents, authors, students, professionals and more.

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The most frequent narrative of queer people in the Middle East is one of being persecuted by government and religion. Being ostracised by society and rejected by families. There is truth to these stories, but there are also other stories to be told.

Elias Jahshan was determined to give Arabs the space to tell their stories on their terms. He has collected eighteen stories of queer Arabs in his book, This Arab is Queer. From living incognito in Saudi Arabia, waving the rainbow flag in Cairo or making a new start as an Arab immigrant in a new country, each rich and varied story of queer experiences and identities is from the heart.

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Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to June 21, 2022.

World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBT issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the global LGBT community as well as some of our successes.

We take pride in interviewing a wide range of international LGBT people and supporters including politicians, activists, academics, parents, authors, students, professionals and more.

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This week is the 6th anniversary of the horrific Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida. It was an attack that left 49 members of the LGBTI community dead, with most also part of the Latin-X community. We remember them.

It is within that shadow that we tonight discuss the dark side of racism – but this time, within our own community.

The LGBTQIA+ community is a diverse mix but not always a cohesive mix. Numerous studies and countless personal experiences have demonstrated sexual racism inside our community. Discussing sexual racism against Asian gay men, tonight we are joined by Dr Gene Lim from Monash University and the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University.

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Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to June 14, 2022.

World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBT issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the global LGBT community as well as some of our successes.

We take pride in interviewing a wide range of international LGBT people and supporters including politicians, activists, academics, parents, authors, students, professionals and more.

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The election of Joe Biden over Donald Trump as US President was supposed to see a change in the way politics was done – towards a less divided United States. The LGBTIQ community especially was looking for change. So a little over a year since President Biden’s inauguration, where are we now? Already this year, more than 300 anti-LGBTQ Bills have been proposed across America – most targeting the Trans community.

Also lurking are rumours of a profound change of views of the powerful US Supreme Court – a change that could lead to the reversal of LGBTQ rights like marriage equality.

To understand what is happening in the courts and parliaments of America, we will shortly be joined in the studio by Professor Paula Gerber from the Law Faculty of Monash University and Kaleidoscope Australia Human Rights Foundation.

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Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to May 31, 2022.

World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBT issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the global LGBT community as well as some of our successes.

We take pride in interviewing a wide range of international LGBT people and supporters including politicians, activists, academics, parents, authors, students, professionals and more.

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There are many identifiable sub-groups within the rainbow community – from lipstick lesbians to twinks or leather men, diversity is generally embraced. And when you do find your tribe, it can be a life-changing moment. One group that rarely needs a descriptive introduction are the Bears. But what do we really know about Bear culture?

Taking us into the world of Bears – including an intriguing right of passage that seems to have become a kind of “coming out” as a Bear – our guest tonight is Dr Nick Mcglynn from the University of Brighton in the UK. He authored the research report: BearSpace: Experiences Of Fat GBQ Men In Spaces Of The UK’s Bear Community.

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